Artist Contracts: How to Sustainably Price Your Work

Do you know how to protect your intellectual property? As an artist, it’s important you know how to protect your practice. Contracts are a fact of life in any business so it’s important you empower yourself to sign good contractual agreements. A contract review requires diligence and an eye for detail. Designed and led by me, Whitney McGuire, this free legal series will help you walk away more confidently about those tricky terms and conditions and fine print. I will provide an overview of essential legal terms such as copyrights, patents, and trademarks; I will also discuss how to protect and price your work, address common clauses, and find sustainability in your practice.

You will be introduced to contract clauses that pertain to artist’s compensation as well as how to create a rate floor for commissions and some common variables your rates are contingent upon.